• Bring your photo ID. The Michigan Supreme Court recently enforced a 1996 law requiring voters to show photo identification. If you do not have photo ID or do not bring it, you can still vote by signing an affidavit stating you are not in possession of photo ID.

• Voters will be asked to choose a ballot based on their political party due to a new state law specific to this election.

• Democratic candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards voluntarily withdrew their names from Michigan's ballot because the state moved up its primary election to compete with New Hampshire and Iowa. A write-in vote for those
candidates will not be counted. Voters can choose "uncommitted" if their preferred candidate is not on the ballot.